Information about Post Production
Post-production occurs in the making of audio recordings, films/movies, photography and digital art, videos and television programs. It is the general term for all stages of production occurring after the actual recording and ending with the completed work.
Post-production is in fact many different processes grouped under one name. These typically include:
Other film production stages include (very broadly) - writing the screenplay, script development (rewriting), financing, pre-production, the actual shooting and film distribution / marketing.
A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting.
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Post-production is in fact many different processes grouped under one name. These typically include:
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Video editing suite
- Editing the picture / TV program
- Editing the soundtrack.
- Writing and recording the soundtrack music.
- Adding visual special effects - mainly computer generated imagery (CGI) and digital copy from which release prints will be made (although this may be made obsolete by digital cinema technologies).
Other film production stages include (very broadly) - writing the screenplay, script development (rewriting), financing, pre-production, the actual shooting and film distribution / marketing.
See also
Major post-production companies with articles on Wikipedia include:- Ascent Media
- Cinesite
- Digital Domain
- EFilm
- Framestore CFC
- Industrial Light and Magic and Skywalker Sound
- PostWorks, New York http://www.pwny.com
- Teatown Communications Group Website
- The Mill
- Weta Digital
- Robotic Dreams Website
External links
- UK Screen Association - Trade association representing the UK's post-production industry
- Post Magazine - Post-production industry news and white papers
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, usually used for the voice or for music.
The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording.
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The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording.
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Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.
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Photography [fә'tɑgrәfi:],[foʊ'tɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor.
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Digital art is art created on a computer in digital form. Digital art can be purely computer-generated, such as fractals, or taken from another source, such as a scanned photograph, or an image drawn using vector graphics software using a mouse or graphics tablet.
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Video (Latin for "I see", first person singular present, indicative of videre, "to see") is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.
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A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting.
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Film editing is the connecting of one or more shots to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an entire movie. Film editing, by definition, is the only art that is unique to cinema and which defines and separates filmmaking from almost all other art
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soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. For the early history of the sound track, see the article sound film.
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soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. For the early history of the sound track, see the article sound film.
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special effects (a.k.a. SFX or SPFX). In modern films, special effects are usually used to alter previously-filmed elements by adding, removing or enhancing objects within the scene.
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Computer-generated imagery (commonly abbreviated as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media.
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A release print is the reel of film that is sent to a movie theater for exhibition. Historically, they are copies of dupe negative, which in turn is a copy of a physically cut-together reel of filmstrips.
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Digital cinema refers to the use of digital technology to distribute and project motion pictures. The final movie can be distributed via hard drives, DVDs or satellite and projected using a digital projector instead of a conventional film projector.
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Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for film, television or video games.
Writing for film is potentially one of the most high-profile and best-paying careers available to a writer, and as such, it is perhaps the most sought after.
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Writing for film is potentially one of the most high-profile and best-paying careers available to a writer, and as such, it is perhaps the most sought after.
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Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.
In the film industry, pre-production usually only commences once a project has been developed and is greenlit.
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In the film industry, pre-production usually only commences once a project has been developed and is greenlit.
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A film distributor is an independent company, a subsidiary company or occasionally an individual, which acts as the final agent between a film production company or some intermediary agent, and a film exhibitor, to the end of securing placement of the producer's film on the
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non-linear editing system (NLE) is a video editing (NLVE) or audio editing (NLAE) system which can perform random access on the source material.
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Non-linear editing
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Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.
In the film industry, pre-production usually only commences once a project has been developed and is greenlit.
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In the film industry, pre-production usually only commences once a project has been developed and is greenlit.
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Ascent Media Group LLC provides creative and technical media services, including post-production work, for the media and entertainment industries. Customers include studios, producers and networks. Ascent Media is based in Santa Monica, California.
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Cinesite (Europe) Ltd (also known as Cinesite) is a digital visual effects and post-production facility in London and one of the largest such companies in Europe. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kodak.
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Digital Domain
Privately held company
Founded 1993
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Digital Domain
Privately held company
Founded 1993
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EFilm is a post-production house in Hollywood that specializes in the digital Intermediate process and other digital motion picture technologies.
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- EFilm website
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Framestore CFC is the largest digital visual effects company in Europe. Based in London, it was formed in 2001 by a merger between the Computer Film Company and Framestore, which had previously been separate parts of the Framestore Group of companies.
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Industrial Light & Magic
Subsidiary
Founded May 1975
Headquarters Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, USA
Key people George Lucas, Dennis Muren, Chrissie England
Industry Visual Effects, CGI animation
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Subsidiary
Founded May 1975
Headquarters Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, USA
Key people George Lucas, Dennis Muren, Chrissie England
Industry Visual Effects, CGI animation
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Teatown Communications Group is a post-production company located in New York City. The group works with a variety of clients in many areas of production including on-air promotions, network TV programs, cable TV programs, corporate communications, documentaries, and feature films.
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The Mill is a post-production and visual effects company launched in 1990 with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.
The Mill's Film special effects subsidiary, Mill Film, won an Oscar for its work on the film Gladiator.
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The Mill's Film special effects subsidiary, Mill Film, won an Oscar for its work on the film Gladiator.
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Weta Digital
Subsidiary
Founded 1993
Headquarters Wellington, New Zealand
Key people Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor
Industry Visual Effects, CGI animation
Parent Weta Workshop
Website www.wetadigital.
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Subsidiary
Founded 1993
Headquarters Wellington, New Zealand
Key people Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor
Industry Visual Effects, CGI animation
Parent Weta Workshop
Website www.wetadigital.
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